When an Apple, Inc. (AAPL) iPhone gets hacked, it's no big surprise. When a Google Inc. (GOOG) Android smartphone gets turned into a slave in a massive botnet, it's an average day on the market. But when Canadian smartphone maker Research In Motion, Ltd. (TSE:RIM) gets hacked, it's major news, as the devicemaker has built a reputation on underlying rock-solid security.

RIM yesterday confirmed the vulnerability in a Knowledge Base (KB) post, which revealed its origin to be a weakness in QNX's file sharing system. When the OS interacts with the company's BlackBerry Desktop Software users can manipulate it to achieve an escalation of privileges.

While that claim has not been confirmed definitively, if it's true it looks like it's back to the drawing board for RIM, and more embarrassment from the company who was traditionally a leader in security.

Call me lucky I have a smart boss who may not know how to do everything we do but knows the limitations and available options. He is also great at mobile devices features and functions. He gets a lot of test devices from carriers and if anything is worth looking at he passes it around. I nicknamed him batman once because he had 5 phones on him one day in a meeting like batman's utility belt.